S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

1. In these writ proceedings, the Petitioners challenge the constitutional validity of the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education(Amendment), 2018 (“impugned amendment” hereafter) issued by notification dated 22.01.2018 by the Medical Council of India (“MCI” hereafter) with the previous approval of the Central Government (hereafter “UOI”) as far as it prescribes that candidates who have cleared Biology/Biotechnology as an additional subject at 10+2 level after completing 10+2 without Biology/Biotechnology as a subject.

2. The impugned Regulations debarred all candidates who have passed 10+2 level with Biology/Biotechnology as an additional subject whether simultaneously or subsequently at 10+2 level. The Regulations were challenged by some students before this Court by W.P.(C) No. 1917 of 2018. During the course of hearing, the MCI, without further amending the impugned Regulations issued a clarification that the impugned Regulations does not apply to students who have studied biology/biotechnology as an additional subject simultaneously with oth